Andrew F in Australia
>Hi Bill,

Here's the proof you were looking for me to provide to you.

http://www.softwood.org/Hem%20Fir%20Web/eHemFir/EN/HemFir_2.htm - last line

http://www.timber.org.au/NTEP/menu.asp?id=82

a general summary of where things are at as far as drying

The stranger thing is that the way I put furniture together was taught to me by a German tradesman. Is this a consequence of air drying timber, which results in timber MC being above equilibrium for the first few years?

Cheers,

Andrew